About Advanced Towed Artillery Systems:
- It is a large calibre gun system which has high precision.
- This gun system has the capability to be programmed and fire Long Range Guided Munitions.
- It has the capabilities like an automatic ammunition handling system which can fire six successive rounds and can fire in Zone 7, and also has a self-propelled mode.
- It also has the shoot and scoot capability and is also the first of its kind gun which is capable of achieving the shortest minimum range at a high angle.
- These guns can be deployed in high-altitude regions along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh
- This gun is developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and the production partners of these ATAGS are two private sector companies – Pune-based Bharat Forge and Tata Advanced Systems.
